Vanafest ’10 ist over!

.. and I got no FFXIV beta invitation, yet. Square Enix said that starting from today, March 01, they’ll start inviting loyal FFXI players into the closed alpha beta. In eleven days, the FFXIV beta site will opens its gates to all lucky beta access winners.

Unfortunately I got no email from them, but hope still remains! I’m really glad that I subscribed to FFXI few months ago,  this will definitely increase my chances getting into the bete of the most awaited MMORPG of the year! :D

Hmm, hmm, but who’s considered as a loyal player for them? 1+ months? 6+?

I bet the FFXI sales/re-subs will skyrocket this month, due to the announcement.

Hey! Don’t worry, lads!

The announcement said: “starting from 1st march”. The 1st march were maybe the uber-nolifers in FFXI and nerds which were on Vanafest. There’s still nuff’ place to hope … until 11th march at least …

If you lucky ass somehow managed to receive an invitation, why don’t you share it with us? :D

Oh btw, my FFXIII copy will arrive next week. <3

FUCK YOU:

• WoW
• WoW clones
• Broken sandbox wannabes (Darkfall, Mortal Online, etc.)
• Vaporware (Jumpgate Evolution)
• Crap (Star Trek Online, Champions Online, Global Agenda and the remaining 90% MMO’s)

I’m now back where it all started: Final Fantasy. Square Enix has created/is creating the most amazing games. In 3 months FFXIII will be finally released and shorty after its release, FFXIV should enter the beta phase. Can’t wait. UMGZ!

From now on I’ll start following Final Fantasy XIV which will be a MMORPG and BURN my PS3 once FFXIII is released.

FFXIV: PS3 or PC?

It will be a cross-platform MMORPG. PS3 and PC players can play together in one world.

I personally will stick with PC, since I still got a high-end machine which will run it on high settings without any problems. I can’t imagine playing without “alt-tabbing” to check news or w/e. On the PS3 you can’t do this, or really limited, the browser is pretty slow and doesn’t support many things.

Also it’s uncomfortable to type on a keyboard while lying on a couch. Chair + PS3 is fail btw.

If you’re planning getting it once it’s released, which platform are you gonna use for it?

Final Fantasy XI was released back in the year 2002 for Playstation 2, followed by Windows also this year. I’m really a big Final Fantasy series fan. I played every single one from 7 up to 12. The story, atmosphere, and combat is really epic. Especially the boss fights are awesome!

Unfortunately it didn’t work with FFXI very well. I gave it few tries, but never got past level 10. Actually the game is really professional. The quests are very well done, world looks really nice. Still, I couldn’t stick with it. Too much grind and it’s nearly impossible to level without a group. I don’t really feel like grouping with someone all the time, so I decided to skip this one. Also it requires being no-lifer in order to reach max. level.

Final Fantasy XIV announced

Few months ago, the next Square Enix’ newest MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV was announced. It is supposed to be released for PS3 and PC in year 2010, after FFXIII. They said that it will be much more casual player friendly. The production started back in year 2005, so I think we can expect a well polished MMORPG soon.

Features

Armoury System

The are 4 base disciplines, you can choose from. Within these are different classes. To change classes you simple have to equip a different weapon.

Example: You’re a disciple of war, an archer that uses bows. To change into an Marauder, you must equip a two-handed axe. I think that’s pretty cool. If you get tired of your currently class, switch to another one with no effort without re-rolling.

More info about the disciplines and classes here.

Races

There will be 5 races available in total.

• Lalafell – The shortest ones among all 5.
• Elezen – Look like dark elven with pointy ears. I think most r0xx0rkids will choose them.
• Roegadyn - Tall, wide.
• Miqo’te – Mid-sized humanoid race with a tail and cat ears. The name sounds really cool. I think this will be my race of choice.
• Hyur – aka humans.

More info

If you want to learn more about this game, check out these websites:

• Official FFXIV website
• Eorzeapedia
• FFXIVCore